Development Assistance Version dependant imports

Hello everyone. My current Plugin is on version 1.8. I have updated it to 1.8.4, but i have a small issue. I want to make it compatible across all versions. My issue is that on 1.8 i need the imports to be

Code:

import net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R1.EntityInsentient;
import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_8_R1.entity.CraftEntity;

And on 1.8.3 and above the 1 changes to 2

Code:

import net.minecraft.server.v1_8_R2.EntityInsentient;
import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_8_R2.entity.CraftEntity;

This is the line of code dependent on those imports

Code:

((EntityInsentient) ((CraftEntity) e).getHandle()).getNavigation().a(p.getLocation().getX(), p.getLocation().getY(), p.getLocation().getZ(), 1.2F);

Both imports work the same for the function.

My question is, how can i make my plugin detect if Minecraft is running the correct version and import accordingly? Thank you for your help.

 

@Koobaczech You would have to use reflection for that.

 

@Koobaczech Alternatively, you'll have to put your version dependent code in a special class for that specific version, and create the proper instance of it on enable.

An example can be this.

 

@nverdier

But don't. This is entirely counter-intuitive to the reason it was done like this in the first place.


@Koobaczech

If you're using Maven, you can separate it into modules that are loaded based on version. See this.

 

@Konato_K @nverdier @mythbusterma Thank you guys, i need to learn more java it seems. I have no idea what to do in a separate class or how to use modules, but its cool to see its possible! Any other guidance you can all give me before i start learning how to modularize?